By Peter BeckerMore Content NowMy, it is cold out there. If you live in the cold Northeast like this writer, you’re well aware how cold it can get in January and February. Mercury dipping down in this case isn’t referring to the planet setting in the west. Temperatures at night in many cases in this region went well below zero, likely leaving few people indeed to look up at the glowing stars.

Fifty years! Fifty: 5-0! That’s how long it’s been since the passage of the Voting Rights Act. It was meant to be the end of government-sponsored racism, but a 2013 Supreme Court ruling pretty much gutted it by allowing states to impose restrictions...

There’s a terrific scene near the end of Mike Leigh’s resplendent biopic “Mr. Turner.” In it, Leigh’s subject, celebrated British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner, sits for one of those newfangled daguerreotype photos.

Foster Parents Needed. Illinois MENTORÃ¢ÂÂ™s Therapeutic Foster Care program islooking for people who are interested in becoming foster parents. Call todayif you are interested in opening your heart and your home to children in need. For more information, call Beth Steinmetz at 618-997-9470 Ext 2530

Harrisburg Law Office - Seasonal, Part-Time Secretarial Position Must be available to work 2 full days a week Jan. - May & occasionally during the year. High SchoolDiploma or Equivalent Required. Send resume with references to: Fax # (618)-252-5304, or POB 972, Harrisburg, IL 62946,or meredithschmitt@hotmail.com.